The Full Terracycle

The student Environmental Cabinet got to see the full circle results of their recycling efforts. 

The students and PTA Green Committee work all year to collect chip bags and juice pouches in the cafeteria and send them to Terracycle for recycling and upcycling (making them into new products).


With the cash prize money won last fall in the Connect the Dots for Green Schools challenge, they purchased finished product items made from the juice pouches and chip bags. 

Each cabinet member chose an item to keep and take back to their classes to help promote the recycling project.  The remaining items were donated to the school to use for teacher gifts or to sell in the school store.

Terracycle uses the recyclabes to make school supplies like pencil pouches and folders, and also all kinds of unique gifts and home products.

These items can be purchased at www.terracycle.com.  Buying the finished product items will help ensure that they will keep offering their wonderful special recycling programs!